Friday 8 September 2017

Free resources

Family history research is an expensive business.

Here are some suggestions for finding information for free.

familysearch.org is free. A most wonderful resource for many countries. Includes 1881 census for England and Wales

scotlandspeople.gov.uk is now free to search.  To see the record you need to pay though.
You can view transcription of 1881 (LDS) census for free https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search/#{"category":"census"}


freecen.org.uk UK wide censuses.  Patchy coverage but most areas are covered in 1841.

freebmd.org
 England and Wales birth, marriages and deaths

freereg.org.uk   UK

gro.gov.uk   You can search for births and deaths in England and Wales

sctbdm.org.uk  Scottish births marriages and deaths, user submitted records. This site seems to be no longer available. (September 2018)


If you are serious, you want  to sign up to ancestry.co.uk or findmypast.co.uk  Start with a basic account.  Ancestry offers a free trial and is often free over holiday weekends.
Some libraries offer free access to ancestry.

Some records on findmypast are free to view

Also check out
http://genealogydiscount.co.uk for offers.


1940 US census is free
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-states-records/census-land-and-substitutes/us-census-1940-free-access


1921 census of Canada is free
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8991






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